diff --git a/meta-citadel/recipes-citadel/citadel-config/files/skel/bashrc b/meta-citadel/recipes-citadel/citadel-config/files/skel/bashrc
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+# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
+# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files (in the package bash-doc)
+# for examples
+
+# If not running interactively, don't do anything
+case $- in
+    *i*) ;;
+      *) return;;
+esac
+
+# don't put duplicate lines or lines starting with space in the history.
+# See bash(1) for more options
+HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
+
+# append to the history file, don't overwrite it
+shopt -s histappend
+
+# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
+HISTSIZE=1000
+HISTFILESIZE=2000
+
+# check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
+# update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
+shopt -s checkwinsize
+
+# If set, the pattern "**" used in a pathname expansion context will
+# match all files and zero or more directories and subdirectories.
+#shopt -s globstar
+
+# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
+#[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)"
+
+# enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases
+if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then
+    test -r ~/.dircolors && eval "$(dircolors -b ~/.dircolors)" || eval "$(dircolors -b)"
+    alias ls='ls --color=auto'
+    #alias dir='dir --color=auto'
+    #alias vdir='vdir --color=auto'
+
+    #alias grep='grep --color=auto'
+    #alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
+    #alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
+fi
+
+# colored GCC warnings and errors
+#export GCC_COLORS='error=01;31:warning=01;35:note=01;36:caret=01;32:locus=01:quote=01'
+
+# some more ls aliases
+#alias ll='ls -l'
+#alias la='ls -A'
+#alias l='ls -CF'
+
+# Alias definitions.
+# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
+# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
+# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.
+
+if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
+    . ~/.bash_aliases
+fi
+
+# enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
+# this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile
+# sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
+if ! shopt -oq posix; then
+  if [ -f /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]; then
+    . /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
+  elif [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
+    . /etc/bash_completion
+  fi
+fi
+
+BRIGHT_COLOR='\e[35m'
+NORMAL_COLOR='\e[0m'
+
+if [ -n "$REALM_NAME" ]; then
+    export PS1="\[$BRIGHT_COLOR\](realm-${REALM_NAME}):\W ➤  \[$NORMAL_COLOR\]"
+else
+    export PS1="\[$BRIGHT_COLOR\]\W ➤  \[$NORMAL_COLOR\]"
+fi
+
+BASE16_THEME="$HOME/.base16rc"
+[ -e $BASE16_THEME ] && source $BASE16_THEME
+
diff --git a/meta-citadel/recipes-citadel/citadel-config/files/skel/profile b/meta-citadel/recipes-citadel/citadel-config/files/skel/profile
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+# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells.
+# This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login
+# exists.
+# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
+# the files are located in the bash-doc package.
+
+# the default umask is set in /etc/profile; for setting the umask
+# for ssh logins, install and configure the libpam-umask package.
+#umask 022
+
+# if running bash
+if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
+    # include .bashrc if it exists
+    if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
+	. "$HOME/.bashrc"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
+if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
+    PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+fi
diff --git a/meta-citadel/recipes-citadel/citadel-config/files/skel/vimrc b/meta-citadel/recipes-citadel/citadel-config/files/skel/vimrc
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+syntax on
+set nocompatible
+set hidden
+set modeline
+
+"
+" Settings
+"
+set noerrorbells                " No beeps
+set backspace=indent,eol,start  " Makes backspace key more powerful.
+set showcmd                     " Show me what I'm typing
+set showmode                    " Show current mode.
+
+set noswapfile                  " Don't use swapfile
+set nobackup                    " Don't create backup files
+set splitright                  " Split vertical windows right to the current windows
+set splitbelow                  " Split horizontal windows below to the current windows
+set encoding=utf-8              " Set default encoding to UTF-8
+set autowrite                   " Automatically save before :next, :make etc.
+set autoread                    " Automatically reread changed files without asking me anything
+
+set nocursorcolumn
+set lazyredraw                  " Wait to redraw 
+set incsearch                   " Shows the match while typing
+set hlsearch                    " Highlight found searches
+set ignorecase                  " Search case insensitive...
+set smartcase                   " ... but not when search pattern contains upper case characters
+set ttyfast
+
+set termguicolors
+
+let &t_8f = "\<Esc>[38;2;%lu;%lu;%lum"
+let &t_8b = "\<Esc>[48;2;%lu;%lu;%lum"
+
+set rtp+=/opt/share/vim
+
+if filereadable(expand("~/.base16vim"))
+  let base16colorspace=256
+  source ~/.base16vim
+endif